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effugio

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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effugiō (present infinitive effugere, perfect active effūgī, supine effugitum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. (intransitive) to flee from, escape
    Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, perfugiō, diffugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor
  2. (transitive) to avoid, evade
    Synonyms: detrecto, eludo, exeo, parco, deficio

Usage notes

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  • Passive forms are rare.

Conjugation

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References

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  • effugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to slip, escape from the hands: e (de) manibus effugere, elābi
    • (ambiguous) to escape from the hands of the enemy: effugere, elābi e manibus hostium